Black squares instead of photos

When I upload photos to iPhoto, some are there but most are just black squares. This happened when I uploaded from my phone and camera today, and I have no idea why as it's never happened before. How can I get my pictures to show up? I already tried updating iPhoto but I don't know what else to do.

Thanks so much for responding! I tried doing all of the options that popped up when I held down alt and command, including rebuild library twice, but none of them seemed to make any difference. Any chance you know of any other solutions? My photos do show up in edit mode, so I know they still exist, but they're still black squares in the library. I have a brand new MacBook Pro and just updated my software, if that gives you any more information.

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